Spirit of Democracy California
Spirit of Democracy California is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Spirit of Democracy California was paid $24.50M across 2 client committees, of which $13.43M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$11,074,482 | 92 rows | 45.2% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$13,425,643 | 73 rows | 54.8% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 3, 2012 → Sep 18, 2025
- spans 13.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 92
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 2
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA 1346379 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA 1346379 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA 1346379 |
$10,000 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $24,500,125 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $20K | 1 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $20K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $25K | 3 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 80% | $25K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $17K | 4 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 70% | $42K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $15K | 2 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $57K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $75K | 1 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $132K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $50K | 1 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $50K | +100% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $3K | 1 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $53K | -97% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $10,881,395 | 70 | $155K | 98.3% | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | 9mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $187,279 | 19 | $10K | 1.7% | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 93% | 8y ago |
| Software & Tech | $4,247 | 2 | $2K | 0.0% | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | 9y ago |
| Print & Mail | $1,560 | 1 | $2K | 0.0% | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFOR… 100% | 9y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | 6 | $11,060,482 | 91 | 2012-04-03 | 2025-09-18 |
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $11,074,482 | 100.0% | 2 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2016-09-14 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | STOCK | $993,980 |
| Largest all-time | 2014-05-15 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | STOCK | $946,855 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-10-05 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $800,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2016-03-29 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | STOCK | $638,400 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-10-18 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $600,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-09-18 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2018-10-17 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $75,000 |
| Recent | 2020-01-21 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2018-08-30 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2020-11-09 | SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | Other / Unclassified | — | $2,500 |